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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

A month ago today, we attended a first birthday party of a a friend's first born. The venue of the even was located near our place but we have never been there. You can tell that we don't go out to eat very often because a restaurant that close was never visited by us.

The event reminded me of the very first birthday of my kids. Both of their first birthdays was just celebrated at home with close friends and family. With our daughter, I didn't know much people then so we only have my in laws and one Fil Am couple that we recently met at the mall. With our son, we hosted it at our home. It was a bit crowded since our house is small but invited many. Both parties were so much fun tho=ugh.

We met two new Fiipinas at the party. I don't attend Filipino gatherings anyore so I only knew few around the area.

Taking photos on every occasion isd an Asian thing. We could never get together without taking any photos.

Sunday, December 27, 2015

We visited the family on the 24th. We always get tgether on Christmas eve but ever since my kids starting going to school, we can only visit for few hours as the kids has a function at church.

My daughter was very fond of their dog Toby, he is a sweetheart. He is 16 years old but still look good. You can tell he is an old dog though because he walks very slowly.

I am not sure what breed he is but he is so gentle and really nice with kids.

They opened gifts before we left. Thanks for the gifts everyone!

Dad was in a very good spirit that day. Although I was told that after the gathering, he did not want to leave. He said that it is his house so he isn't living. He is now living with my sister-in-law and my niece -in-law's family is the one living at his former house now.

We are blessed that we are given another Christmas to spend with Dad.

The Asian cousins. Shelby is 25% Korean and my kids are 50 percent Filipino. Our family is mixed race but race is never an issue with us.

I thank God for another great Christmas! I have so many things to be thankful for this year. I am looking forward for a great 2016, hopefully it would be another great year. 2015 was a tight year financially but we managed okay. This year, I am hoping that with be a lot easier whenit comes to finances. Other than that, 2015 was great for my family's health and personal relationship.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

We visited Dad at my sister-in-law's house the day after Thanksgiving because we only got to see him for a brief moment when we went to his former house. He was out of breath during the Thanksgiving celebration that he has to leave early. His health is declining drastically which concerns all of us.

My niece-in-law is now living at my FIL's former house so they hosted this year's Thanksgiving. We were late because I also made a dinner at home and we ate before we went and visited everybody.

It is so hard see your parent get weaker each day. I remember when I first came here, Dad was still very strong and healthy. He is a big part of my children. We lived at his house for a year before we bought our home and he is the best father-in-law anyone could have. I am so blessed!

Even though he doesn't recognize us anymore, I still see him the same when I first met him. He is the kindest person I know. My kids are very fond of their memories with him when they were younger and Dad can still drive. He would visit us and they would take them for a drive going to his house.

At 93, he still look great but his strength is declining. He can no longer walk far. Just walking to one room to another, he is catching his breath already.

I got him to smile for me. I told him that I will show his picture to his sister, so he gave me a big smile.
When we were about to leave, my sister-in-law's daughter and granddaughter also visited so we took pictures of them with Dad and kids before we left.

It was a nice visit. The last time we went and visited, he was asleep so we did not get to see him. But anyway, here are my babies having fun in front of the camera.